Science & Technology audiobooks

The Theater of War

By: Bryan Doerries

Narrated by: Adam Driver

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This compassionate, personal, and illuminating work of nonfiction draws on the author’s celebrated work as a director of socially conscious theater to connect listeners with the power of an ancient artistic tradition.For years, Bryan Doerries has been producing ancient tragedies for current and returned servicemen and women, addicts, tornado and... Read more

The Travel Adventures Of An Intrepid Spiritual Seeker

By: Ralph White

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Ralph White came to America in the early 1970s while the Vietnam War was still raging. On his Christmas break while teaching courses in Chicago he drove Route 66 to Los Angeles. In the desert of New Mexico he had his first spiritually transcendent experience. He says, “I felt like my mind expanded in consort with the scope of the landscape:... Read more

The Master Algorithm

By: Pedro Domingos

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Algorithms increasingly run our lives. They find books, movies, jobs, and dates for us, manage our investments, and discover new drugs. More and more, these algorithms work by learning from the trails of data we leave in our newly digital world. Like curious children, they observe us, imitate, and experiment. And in the world’s top research labs... Read more

The Brain Fog Fix

By: Mike Dow

Narrated by: Mike Dow

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A new epidemic is sweeping the country. Some people call it ADHD, scatter brain, or brain fog. Some simply say they just don’t feel like themselves—and haven’t for a long time.People are thinking and feeling worse than ever. Why? Because our brains are not getting the support they need to produce the essential brain chemicals that keep us... Read more

SuperBetter

By: Jane McGonigal

Narrated by: Jane McGonigal

Length: 14 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

An innovative guide to living gamefully, based on the program that has already helped nearly half a million people achieve remarkable personal growth

In 2009, internationally renowned game designer Jane McGonigal suffered a severe concussion. Unable to think clearly or work or even get out of bed, she became anxious and depressed, even suicidal.... Read more

Staying Sharp

By: Henry Emmons

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A strong memory and healthy brain aren't as difficult to maintain as one might think; combining the latest neuroscience research with age-old wisdom about resilience, mindfulness, and stress reduction, Drs. Henry Emmons and David Alter show that vibrant aging is within reach. More than fifty-five years of combined experience in the fields of... Read more

Population Wars

By: Greg Graffin

Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

From the very beginning, life on Earth has been defined by war. Today, those first wars continue to be fought around and literally inside us, influencing our individual behavior and that of civilization as a whole. War between populations—whether between different species or between rival groups of humans—is seen as an inevitable part of the... Read more

A Crowdfunder's Strategy Guide

By: Jamey Stegmaier

Narrated by: Mitchell Lucas

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

More Than Money

Jamey Stegmaier knows crowdfunding. He's a veteran of seven successful Kickstarter campaigns (and counting) that have raised over $3.2 million, and he's the proprietor of the widely read Kickstarter Lessons blog. In this book he offers a comprehensive guide to crowdfunding, demonstrating that it can be a powerful way for... Read more

Die Herrschaftsformel

By: Kai Schlieter

Narrated by: Markus Böker

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

„Künstliche Intelligenz ist die größte Gefahr für die Menschheit“ Stephen Hawking Mit der gegenwärtigen technologischen Revolution ist der Traum einer umfassenden Möglichkeit der Steuerung der Gesellschaft wahrgeworden. Kai Schlieter zeigt, wie Politik und Wirtschaft „Big Data“ für ihre Zwecke einsetzt, wie wir alle manipuliert werden und warum... Read more

30 Minuten Gelassenheit - Abridged

By: Monika A. Pohl

Narrated by: Sabina Godec, Heiko Grauel & Gordon Piedesack

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eine hohe Arbeitsbelastung, private Konflikte oder unvorhergesehene Ärgernisse - immer wieder laufen wir Gefahr, unser inneres Gleichgewicht zu verlieren. Passiert dies zu oft, fühlen wir uns bald leer und ausgebrannt und manövrieren uns auf Dauer sogar in ein Burnout. Doch so weit muss es nicht kommen. Monika A. Pohl zeigt, wie Sie in... Read more

Die Veränderungs-Formel

By: Ilja Grzeskowitz

Narrated by: Heiko Grauel & Sonngard Dressler

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Veränderung ist überall. In so gut wie jedem Lebensbereich sorgen massive Veränderungen für Unsicherheit und Angst vor der Zukunft. Wie gelingt es trotzdem, nicht schon an den kleinsten Herausforderungen zu scheitern, sondern Veränderung auch unter schweren Rahmenbedingungen mit Gewinn zu bewältigen? Ilja Grzeskowitz rüttelt auf, hält den... Read more

Geht ja doch!

By: Cordula Nussbaum

Narrated by: Susanne Grawe & Gordon Piedesack

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Bei vielen Menschen geht im Lauf des Erwachsenendaseins das Träumen, die naive Begeisterung, flöten. Sie sterben mit 37, bevor sie mit 87 begraben werden. Sie haben aufgehört, die Schönheit der Welt zu sehen. Sie haben aufgehört, die Chancen zu nutzen, die das Leben bietet. Sie haben aufgehört, die Nase neugierig in den Wind zu halten. Das... Read more

The Diet Myth

By: Tim Spector

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 12 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Identically Different comes a new look at nutritional health, showing us that breakthrough research on microbiomes—the microbes in our stomachs—could hold the key to healthy, balanced diets.What should we eat? It’s a simple and fundamental question that still bewilders us, despite a seemingly infinite amount of available... Read more

Thirty Million Words

By: Dana Suskind

Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important—and astoundingly simple—thing you can do for your child’s future success in life is to to talk to them.

What nurtures the brain to optimum intelligence and stability?

It is a secret hiding in plain sight: the most important... Read more

Click.ology

By: Graham Jones

Narrated by: Steven Menasche

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Online shopping continues to grow at an astounding rate: in 2012, more than $1 trillion was spent in online retailers alone. The nature of shopping is drastically changing, but with so little information on how best to interact with online customers, how are businesses to succeed?

With Click.ology, internet psychologist Graham Jones has filled... Read more

The Power Brokers

By: Jeremiah D. Lambert

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

For more than a century, the interplay between private, investor-owned electric utilities and government regulators has shaped the electric power industry in the United States. Provision of an essential service to largely dependent consumers invited government oversight and ever more sophisticated market intervention. The industry has sought to... Read more

The Technological Singularity

By: Murray Shanahan

Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The idea that human history is approaching a "singularity" -- that ordinary humans will someday be overtaken by artificially intelligent machines or cognitively enhanced biological intelligence, or both -- has moved from the realm of science fiction to serious debate. Some singularity theorists predict that if the field of artificial... Read more

Why We Work

By: Barry Schwartz

Narrated by: Barry Schwartz

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace.

Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex, and urgent.

We’ve long been taught that the... Read more

Late-Talking Children

By: Stephen M. Camarata

Narrated by: Dana Hickox

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

When children are late in hitting developmental milestones, parents worry. And no delay causes more parental anxiety than late talking, which is associated in many parents' minds with such serious conditions as autism and severe intellectual disability. In fact, as children's speech expert Stephen Camarata points out in this enlightening book,... Read more

F*ck Feelings

By: Michael Bennett, M. D. & Sarah Bennett

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 12 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Although other self-help books claim to reveal the path to happiness, F*ck Feelings warns that convincing yourself that there is such a path will actually lead you to feel like a true failure. What the Bennetts can promise you is that you can manage any situation life throws at you if you can keep your sense of humor, bend your wishes to fit... Read more

Becoming Fluent

By: Richard Roberts & Roger Kreuz

Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged because they believe they cannot acquire a language as easily as children. Once they begin to learn a language, students may be further discouraged when they find the methods used to teach children don’t seem to work for them. What is an adult language learner to do?In Becoming... Read more

Machines of Loving Grace

By: John Markoff

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

As robots are increasingly integrated into modern society—on the battlefield and the road, in business, education, and health—Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times science writer John Markoff searches for an answer to one of the most important questions of our age: will these machines help us, or will they replace us?In the past decade alone,... Read more

Die Evolution (Teil 1+2)

By: Manfred Grasshoff

Narrated by: Uwe Neumann & Anette Daugardt

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein Hoerbuch in zwei Teilen - rund um die Entstehung des Lebens! TEIL 1: DAS LEBEN ENTSTEHT Wie entsteht das Leben auf der Erde? Wie ist es möglich, dass aus einzelnen chemischen Bausteinen erste Lebewesen entstehen? Und wie ist es möglich, dass diese Lebewesen dauerhaft auf der Erde überleben können? Diese grundsätzlichen Fragen... Read more

Rising Strong

By: Brené Brown

Narrated by: Brené Brown

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart!

Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a... Read more